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Shorts Support Scheme

Thanks for applying for Travel Grant support from this British Council/ BFI-funded scheme. Before you start please do have a look at the guidelines for the scheme here.

Before you make your application for a Travel Grant support, please ensure that your film is listed in our UK Films Directory (You can check titles in the Directory here, and you can submit details of your film via this link)

Please upload the following essential materials

Please upload your confirmation of acceptance into the festival you are applying for.

CV

Please upload your CV or Filmography either as PDF or Word document.

If you also have the following materials, please upload them now

Dialogue List

If your film has dialogue or text that would need translating for a non-English speaking audience to understand it then please attach here a list of all dialogue in your film in either PDF or Word format. NB. This is not the same as a script. It should be time-coded so that a translator will know which piece of dialogue/text appears at a given point in the film.

Stills

Please upload two publicity stills in jpg format of no more than 2 MB in size. Please do not include production stills ie. stills featuring the filmmakers or any behind-the-scenes activity.

If 'No', would you like us to promote you to agents interested in seeing new work?

Yes

04 About the festival you have been invited to attend

Festival Title*

Country*

Dates*

What section are you screening in (i.e. general, competition)*

Is the film nominated in any specific award categories?*

Why you want to attend – i.e. what value will attendance give to you and your film*

200 words max

0 Words

Has the festival offered to cover any costs of attendance? If yes, please describe*

05 Your future

Your long term ambition for the film i.e. what other exhibition plans you have*

Your own career development plan – what is your goal?*

300 words max

0 Words

06 Additional info

British Council Shorts Support Travel Grant – Data Protection Declaration

We are committed to being as open as possible. This includes being clear about how we assess and make decisions and how we will use your application form and other documents you give us. We are happy to provide you with copies of the information we hold about you, including our assessment of your application. As a public organisation we have to follow the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We are also listed as a public authority under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. By law, we may have to provide your application documents and information about our assessment to any member of the public who asks for them under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will use this application form and the other information you give us, including any personal information, for the following purposes:

To decide whether to give you a grant.

To provide copies to other individuals or organisations who are helping us assess and monitor grants, including the Arts Council (ACE) and British Film Institute (BFI). After we reach a decision, we will also tell them the outcome of your application and, if appropriate, why we did not offer you a grant.

To hold in our database and use for statistical purposes.

To decide whether to give you a grant.

If we offer you a grant, we will publish information about you relating to the activity we have funded, including the amount of the grant and the activity it was for. This information may appear in our press releases, in our print and online publications, and in the publications or websites of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), ACE, BFI and any partner organisations who have funded the activity with us.

If we offer you a grant, you will support our work, contributing (when asked) to important publicity activities during the period we provide funding for. You will also give us, ACE and BFI, when asked, case studies, images and audio-visual materials that we can use to celebrate excellence.

Do you agree with the above statement?

Yes

Tick this box if there is any information you have provided that you consider to be confidential information. If we offer you a grant and you have ticked the box above, we would generally treat that information as confidential until your activity ends (according to the date you gave us in this application).

Tick this box if you consider that we should treat that information as confidential after your activity ends.

Tick this box if you do not want us to keep you informed of our work.

Tick this box if you do not want us to pass your contact details to organisers of arts marketing activities, conferences and training events.

07 Shorts Support Scheme

If you are eligible for a travel grant then you are also eligible to enjoy the broader benefits of the British Council Shorts Support Scheme.

Would you like to be included in the British Council Shorts Support Scheme?